CityLab Daily: Hitting the Road

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Let’s get outta here: Whether you’re fleeing the city or heading downtown for fireworks, the Fourth of July comes with a traditional travel warning: Prepare for traffic. This year, a record number of 41.4 million people will be traveling by car in the U.S., according to AAA’s forecast. That’s slightly less than half the number who hit the road for winter holidays, but travel times are still expected to triple for drivers in New York City, Boston, and Seattle on Wednesday and Thursday. Google Maps has a handy guide to when traffic historically has been the worst for Independence Day in 25 major U.S. cities.

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